Se Hangenda

Ān wer hangþ be ānum gebundenum fōte, earmas opene, and sēo stilnes stent on unēaþnesse. On þǣre hangunge hē gesiehþ nīwe, and sēo tīd gǣþ slāwe, and sēo woruld is ymbhwyrfed.

Se Hangenda lǣrþ þæt forlǣtennes mæg bēon beorhtnes. Þonne þū þā anbīdunge forlǣtst, þonne cymþ andgiet stille. Hwīlum is se offrung se stede þǣr þū stille stent, and of ōþrum ecge gesiehst.

Tōdæg ne hræd tō ende. Wuna on þissum betwēoxe lȳtle lencge. Þæt andswaru mæg cuman of þǣre geþylde, nā of þǣre dǣde.

Sēo hangung hæfþ hire andgiet forloren, and sēo smeagung is geworden tō yldinge. Þæt þe wæs gīemenfull stilnes, þæt is nū gewuna, and þū hāttst forlǣtennesse þā hwīle þe þū þā ealdan ege fæste healdst.

Onwend, se offrung wierþ tō race þe þē fram þām līfe hielt. Se nīwa ecge wierþ tō scilde. Þū eart gesund fram unēaþnesse, and ēac fram gange.

Tōdæg, gif sēo anbīdung is geworden tō flīehte, līes ānne cnottan. Sette þīne fēt eft on þone grund. Sēo woruld mæg þīne styrenesse underfōn.